This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for November 12, 2008

puente - masculine noun (el) - bridge. Look up puente in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/puente)

Los puentes son una parte importante de un país.
Bridges are an important part of a country.

Yes, my commune is united for a bridge named the Puente de Zacatal, beucase my commune is an island.

Bridge's history.

El Zacatal se encuentra ubicado en la parte soroeste de Ciudad del Carmen, en el estado mexicano de Campeche y une la península de Atasta con la Isla del Carmen, en el "km 165.000" de la carretera Villahermosa-Ciudad del Carmen cruzando la Laguna de Términos. Fue terminado en cctubre de 1994 y puesto en funcionamiento por Carlos Salinas de Gortari durante su gestión como Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Se trata del puente más largo del estado y al momento de su terminación el más largo de América Latina, con una longitud de 3.861 m y un ancho de 9,00 m y es transitable en dos carriles por toda clase de vehículos, siendo empleado por la Carretera Federal 180. Es uno de los más transitados del país al tratarse de la entrada a la península de Yucatán.
La superestructura en su totalidad está formada a base de elementos prefabricados siendo estos: 121 cabezales prefabricados de concreto, 496 trabes AASTHO tipo IV modificado y 8 trabes cajón, así como 124 losas de concreto postensado.


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You knew, the bridge more largely of the American Continent is the Zacatal Bridge, it's in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico, my city.

These are some picks of the bridge of my commune. Enjoy them.:D

¡Está muy largo ese puente!

I love bridges...Let's play trivia, where are these?:D

I don't know how to insert pics like you did Crotalito:banghead::banghead:

One of the bridges is from San Fracisco, the other bridges I don't know where from them.

wow the first bridge you posted Crotalito is very long!

Wrong, crotalito, none are in america. Two of them are laid across the same river and in the same country. Another one is over 14 centuries old.

He puesto tus fotos del puente en Méjico en mi colección. ¡Son preciosas!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Something to add to the thread, the word used as a verb:

puentear (un coche)
to hotwire a car, to steal it by connecting (bridging) two wires.

(not really slang)

Where from the bridges of the pictures.? You tell me the names of the countries owner of the bridges.

Greetings.

The first one must be the 14-century old one.

Good! It's called 'puente romano' (the roman bridge), and it is in downtown Cordoba. :thumbsup::star:

The river is the guadalquivir:approx:, the main waterway in Andalusia, navigable (is that a word?:crazy:) over a 100 miles inland. It's got a statue of the angel Raphael in the middle.

:cool:One more clue: one of the other three is the third longest in the world, and another one is a mobile one, built during the industrial revolution in England.
The third in the lot was built with the effort of many many people and little, if any, machinery.

Anyone has pics of the bridges of sigh? One is in Cambridge, the other one in ....???:hmm::hmm:

This is cool :cool::cool:

Crotalito---

Do NOT use the word "commune". Use "community" instead.

There's a Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge? I know there's a famous one in Venice. Would it be called El Puente de Suspiros in Spanish?

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This is one of my favorites
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/v6S2JD2gQiYtN_IPwDjwWg?select=37F4OrdTYuPizMBL1rP-iw

I like this one too

El puente de los suspiros sounds kinda sad in spanish

El puente del poeta
El puente de la amada.

NYC bridges are cute, the golden gate is such a classic for a connoiseur :)

I have never heard above the bridges of sighs, and any place, Where is the famous bridges of sighs?

there's one in Venice.

El puente de los suspiros sounds kinda sad in spanish

El puente del poeta
El puente de la amada.

NYC bridges are cute, the golden gate is such a classic for a connoiseur :)
The first one is in Philadelphia, but it looks it could be in New York.
Has anyone seen the bridge designed by Calatrava in Seville for the '92 Worlds Fair. That's special.

There you go, Poli. Your wishes are orders. It's called El Alamillo, and it's slightly outside downtown seville. Calatrava did one in Jerusalem not long ago, I think.:cool::cool::cool:

I think bridges inspire me because they mean communication, brotherhood in spite of the distance. Internet is a bit like a bridge, no?

Looking at a bridge like that is enough to make you feel optimistic. I think he just completed one in Venice too. A bridge is a natural metaphor--especially one as beautiful at that image.

Plannet Hopper, Where you are living.?

I see that you meet a lot places around of the planet.

Leí del puente suspendido más largo que existe en Japón. ¡Es impresionante!

Desafortunadamente, le tengo tanto temor al mar que creo que nunca cruzaré uno al menos que esté en coma o dormida o embriagada o????

:crazy::crazy:

P.D. Gracias por las fotos, Crotalito!

In Spain, days between a weekend and a public holiday is also known as puente.
Por ejemplo, si miercoles y jueves es fiesta, el viernes será un puente, lo aprovechamos para irnos de viaje o hacer otras cosas menos trabajar. Todos los españoles les encanta, al menos los madrileños.:D

Para mi, los puentes significa que siempre podemos conseguir lo que queremos, más si es una necesidad, y que nada es imposible. Me gusta mucho las fotos de Crotatilo y de Hopper también.

Very good, Jane. I missed that one, what's it in English? A long weekend?

Crotalito asked about bridges of sigh, here they go

:cool::cool::cool:

... navigable (is that a word?:crazy:)
Absolutely. :)

I thought I was just mistranslating a cognate...being in Spain washes my english off
Not long left here, my invitation letter for a work visa in China arrives on Tuesday...Can't wait

Thanks :)

Jane. Just today is holiday in my country, because we celebrate the November 20st, La batalla de Puebla, the since today Friday until Tuesday, we will come back to work and I promise this days are my days prefer.


El puente es desde hoy hasta el Martes, I don't know, I must to do in three days living in my house, jijijijii.

A long weekend is what we get when there is a holiday on Friday, or a holiday on Monday. That's three days off in a row.
Thanksgiving, our next holiday in the U.S., falls on a Thursday. Many people also get/take Friday off, so they get a four-day weekend, but it can also be called a long weekend. Some people have to work on Friday, so they don't get a long weekend. :mad:

Sometimes when we have a very big "puente" we call it "acueducto" (aqueduct)
Example.
Monday 1.
If we have "public holidays" the 2 and the 4(Tuesday and Thursday) we can have a free week making an aqueduct (we make three "puentes"). It happens usually when a "national" public holyday with a "region" public holiday combines :D
saludos :D